Boston tourist

Up early on day two of a really quick trip across the pond to Boston! First stop was Flat Black Coffee company. Fab Americano coffee and a chocolate chip scone to kick off the day.

Then we did a trolley tour. We chose Cityview Trolley Tours because our tickets came with a free harbour cruise! We used a Groupon which got us almost 50% off and included a 45 minute harbour cruise with beautiful views of the city. It was fab being out on the water on a glorious sunny (but windy!) day. 

Some of the photos from the trolley tour:

After here we got back on the trolley tour to finish the loop. We got on at aquarium which is their first stop. We stayed on until stop 8 as wanted to go to the Cheers bar. If you stay on the round trip should last approximately an hour. All in all I thought that was pretty awesome.

As I said we got off at the Massachusetts State House stop. We had a wander through there (you enter via General Hooker entrance!) 

Then we walked up the street to Cheers! We got a seat in the set bar.

Of course we went to the gift shop!! Got a couple of souvenirs including a cheers baseball type top and an old fashioned badge. 

We walked back through Boston Common - squirrel!

When we finished off the tour we went to Faneuil Hall to get lunch. We went to the Boston Chowda Co. Of course I got a lobster (lobstah!) roll. I went for the vot buttered roll option. OMG amazing!!! 

I then had a chocolate chip cannoli for dessert. I think it was from Carol Ann's Bakery. 

We then went on the harbour cruise which I thought was such a lovely way to wile away the hour. Spotted this duck house on the way - how cute is this?? 

Went to Macy's for a little retail therapy. I picked up a fab new Patriots top (be rude not to!)

After a shower and change we headed out for dinner. We walked around the city and came across a memorial for the Irish Famine - a nod to the strong presence here if there could ever be one! This depicts the same family before and after the famine...

Now what I love about being a grown up is that if you want to you can eat dessert before dinner and that's exactly what we did. We went to Omni Parker House which is where Boston Cream Pie was created. We had  a piece of pie each with prosecco! Why not?? 

After there we walked to 21st Amendment which is a bar by Massachusetts State House. The size of their glassss of wine!! Definitely get money's worth :)

For dinner we went to Bostonia Public House. We got there around 9pm on a Friday evening and even though it was jammed we managed to get a table for two.

Here's the menu:

We shared the lump crab dip with homemade potato chips (crisps back home) they were delicious.

I had a blueberry cocktail with the starter which I can't recall the name of but it was v good.

I ordered the lobster mac n cheese. The server wasn't wrong when she told me that it was a bit plate! Delicious, creamy, well cooked pasta absolutely jammed with lobster. I couldn't finish it though which was a shame. 

I then had a (large) glass of American Riesling which went pretty well with my main. 

Last stop of the evening was Warehouse Bar and Grille... Clearly staying classy!